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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805117
Category:Web application abuses
Title:WordPress W3 Total Cache < 0.9.4.1 XSS Vulnerability - Active Check
Summary:WordPress W3 Total Cache is prone to a cross-site scripting; (XSS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
WordPress W3 Total Cache is prone to a cross-site scripting
(XSS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Flaw is due to improper validation of input that contains the
Cache Key and is passed via the URL before returning it to users.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary HTML and script code in a users browser session in the context of an affected site.

Affected Software/OS:
WordPress W3 Total Cache versions prior to 0.9.4.1.

Solution:
Update to version 0.9.4.1 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8724
Bugtraq: 20141217 secuvera-SA-2014-01: Reflected XSS in W3 Total Cache (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt
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